Welcome to Directorate of Sainik Welfare, Chhattisgarh

To look after the rehabilitation and welfare of Ex-Servicemen (ESM) and their families/Widows/dependents, every state and Union Territory (UT) of our country has a Rajya Sainik Board (RSB) headed by a Brigadier/ Commodore/Air Commodore (Retd) at the state level. RSBs functions under the directions of Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB) MoD, New Delhi and the respective State Governments. Each RSB has a number of Distt Sainik Welfare Offices functioning under their control which are headed by a Distt Sainik Welfare Officer (DSWO) Who is a Colonel/ Lt Col (Retd) or equivalent from Navy/ Air Force. At present all over India there are 32 Directorates of Sainik Welfare (RSBs) and 394 Zila Sainik Boards (DSWOs/ZSWOs), who are actively working for approximately 1 Crore ex-servicemen, families and their dependent under the aegis of Kendriya Sainik Board, Govt of India, Ministry of Defence. There are Ten (10) District Sainik Welfare Offices(Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon, Jashpur, Jagdalpur, Ambikapur, Baikunthpur, knaker, Raigarh) functioning under Directorate of Sainik Welfare, Chhattisgarh, This Directorate look after the welfare of approximately 50,000 Ex- servicemen of armed forces including their families / dependents. We have 38 brave hearts (Shaheed), 19 Gallantry Awards Winner ESM / Shaheed and 29 World war II Widows Dependents and serving soldiers and their families in Chhattisgarh.